1999-01-27_PERMIT FILE - M1999006

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Exhibit G - Water Information 6.4. 7 1) If the operation is not expected to directly affect surface or groundwater systems, a statement of that expectation shall be submitted While the operation does not intend to directly affect any surface waters under the present proposal, groundwater will be exposed by resource recovery operations. Ground waters will be pumped during extraction activities and returned to the system. Subsequent to extraction, pumps will be removed and the resulting basin will fill to groundwater level [apx. 5.0t to 10.0±ft. from the present day surface over the majority of the upland terrace and 1.0±to 2.0t feet and greater over the wetland and pasture land of the lower terrace,where applicable]. A substitute water supply plan for purposes of augmenting evaporative loss of exposed groundwater is under development in cooperation with the Colorado Division of Water Resources, Office of the State Engineer[refer to correspondence from the Office of the State Engineer of 22 January 1999, following]. Additional information concerning this submittal is available upon request. 2) If the operation is expected to directly affect surface or groundwater systems, the Operator/Applicant shall.- a) Locate on the map (in Exhibit C) tributary water courses, wells, springs, stock water ponds, reservoirs, and ditches on the affected land and on adjacent lands where such structures may be affected by the proposed mining operations; These features are visible on the attending aerial photograph on Exhibit C-1: Pre-Mining Plan Map. Also identified are potential wetlands and waters of the United States,as delineated by Savage and Savage, Inc., whose report follows. b) Identify all known aquifers, and There are no aquifers known to us at the time of this submittal. c) Submit a brief statement or plan showing how water from dewatering operations or from runoff from disturbed areas,piled material and operating surfaces will be managed to protect against pollution of either surface or groundwater(and, where applicable, control pollution in a manner that is consistent with water quality discharge permits), both during and after the operation. A copy of the Process Water and Storm Water Discharge Permit Application and Management Plan, as required or otherwise submitted to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment-Water Quality Control Division, follows. As indicated under Exhibit D-Mining Plan: Precedent to extraction activities,a basin will be extracted in the Northwest comer of Section 28 [1),to function as recycling wash water and receiving basin for reject fines for the intended Plant/Processing activities III and 1111. Since the basin will need to be excavated in a dry state, the site 11) will need to be dewatered. Up to two settling basins will be established on Section 29 to facilitate clean water discharge under an approved Colorado Department of Health Storm Water/Process Water Discharge Permit. Since the settling ponds are essentially smaller,they can be excavated wet and avoid potential discharge of suspended solids since there is a EXHIBIT G -Water Information Colorado Division of Mineral s & Geology Regular Impact [1121 Construction Material Permit Sand Land, Inc. - Kurtz Resource Recovery & Development Project -January 1999